i check the papers in the morning to see if there's an economy. you have a different threshold of excitement than i do. if that is what gets you off. >> stephen: very open minded of you. very open minded of you. you know who lived an exciting life damn ma close. do you think demographic shifts will change our policies in. >> i do. i think texas will be an entirely political piece of geography as a result of latino vote across the border there and the way they are spreading out into other districts. and the republican -- >> stephen: but as long as the white americans maintain a majority, the republicans are safe? >> it's a smaller majority as they learned this last time around and it's also not for them a hom mog usenuos. president obama was helped by the various ethnic groups but one said they turned out a larger portion of the african-american vote this time than they did the first time he ran. and the romney people thought it would go the other way. >> stephen: i was surprised by that, too. i was surprised that four years later african-americans